Re: Free And Reduced Lunch Info for Grant

[Phalbe Henriksen <phenriksen@NEFLIN.ORG>]

Yeah, but wouldn't it be a nice lesson for the students to learn if
someone stood before them at the beginning of each school year and said
something like "If all of you who qualify for free/reduced lunches will
apply, the _______ (fill in the blank) will be able to buy x number of
________ (fill in the blank). If only y% of you apply, we'll be able to
buy only z (reduced number). I think it would be a good lesson in civics
and teach the students that there's a direct connection between their
actions (willingness to comply) and the number of computers in the
media/LRC/lab/library (or whatever).

For those of you in rural communities, did you know that the E-rate
applies to rural hospitals, too? So the hospitals depend on that
free/reduced lunch percentage, too. Quality of medical care depends on
the number of students who apply/qualify for free/reduced lunches.
Interesting, isn't it?

(P.S. Not to mention being a good civics lesson for classroom teachers.)

Phalbe Henriksen
phenriksen@neflin.org

-----Original Message-----
From: Jennifer D Burke <jburke@MINDSPRING.COM>
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 16:00:17 -0500
Subject: Re: Free And Reduced Lunch Info for Grant

> Some grant applications include in their instructions (like the one I
> just
> submitted) that secondary schools use the statistics provided by their
> feeder schools, with the assumption that if the feeder schools have a
> certain population, chances are that children from the same
> neighborhoods
> will have the same general characteristics.  I would think you could
> draw
> some of the same statistical conclusions for public libraries, only
> casting
> a wider net.
>
> There are also US Census data available that show income ranges in an
> area,
> right down to the city block. (of course, it'll be a few years old...)
>
> Cheers,
> Jennifer Burke LMS
> Centennial Place Elementary School
> Atlanta, GA
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> >
> > Folks,
> >
> > It is my understanding that as students grow older, fewer and fewer
> of
> > them apply for free and reduced lunches because they're embarassed by
> > their qualification. That hurts schools and public libraries
> > who depend
> > on those statistics for grants.
> >
> > Has anyone worked with their school to make sure as many as
> > possible of
> > the students who qualify are actually applying from year to year?
> >
> >
> >
>
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